Psychological Perspectives on Praise

Eddie Brummelman is Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam. He obtained his PhD at Utrecht University in 2015 and was Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at Stanford University. His research focuses on the socialization of the self: how social feedback shapes children’s self-views, such as self-esteem and narcissism. He is a recipient of awards including the National Postdoc Prize from the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities, the George Butterworth Young Scientist Award from the European Association for Developmental Psychology, and the Rising Star Award from the Association for Psychological Science.

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List of contributors

Foreword: Praise in the Egosystem and the Ecosystem

Jennifer Crocker

PART I: CENTRAL THEORIES

1. Praise from a self-enhancement perspective: More, I want more?

Frederik Anseel and Elena Martinescu

2. The saboteur within: Self-verification strivings can make praise toxic

Ashwini Ashokkumar and William B. Swann, Jr.

3. An attributional approach to teacher praise

Sandra Graham and Xiaochen Chen

4. Understanding the complexity of praise through the lens of self-determination theory

Bart Soenens and Maarten Vansteenkiste

PART II: COMPETENCE AND MOTIVATION

5. The effects of praise on children’s intrinsic motivation revisited

Jennifer Henderlong Corpus and Kayla Good

6. When praise—versus criticism—motivates goal pursuit

Lauren Eskreis-Winkler and Ayelet Fishbach

7. Paradoxical effects of praise: A transactional model

Eddie Brummelman and Carol S. Dweck

PART III: SELF-PERCEPTIONS

8. Learning about others to learn about the self: Early reasoning about the informativeness of others’ praise

Mika Asaba and Hyowon Gweon

9. "You’re good enough, you’re smart enough, and doggone it, people like you:" Differing reactions to praise among people with higher and lower self-esteem

Linden R. Timoney and Joanne V. Wood

10. Can praise contribute to narcissism in children?

Eddie Brummelman and Stathis Grapsas

PART IV: SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

11. Praise and relationship security

Edward P. Lemay, Jr.

12. Praise and prosocial behavior

Duane Rudy and Joan E. Grusec

13. Praise and the development of reputation management

Gail D. Heyman

14. Evaluative feedback expresses and reinforces cultural stereotypes

Andrea C. Vial and Andrei Cimpian

PART V: DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE

15. Developmental psychology of praise

Sander Thomaes and Patty Leijten

16. The role of culture in parents’ responses to children’s performance: The case of the West and East Asia

Eva M. Pomerantz, Janice Ng, and Florrie Fei-yin Ng

Index